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Enthralling vs Overpowering - What's the difference?

enthralling | overpowering | Related terms |

Enthralling is a related term of overpowering.


As adjectives the difference between enthralling and overpowering

is that enthralling is exciting while overpowering is that overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.

As verbs the difference between enthralling and overpowering

is that enthralling is while overpowering is .

enthralling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • exciting
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • overpowering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}